Eugenia] LI. MYETACE.K 321 



culate compound trichotomous cymes, terminal and in the axils of the uppermost 

 leaves, buds white, globose, pedicels slender, equal to or longer than calyx. Calyx- 

 fcube funnel-shaped, I in. long, free portion shallow-campanulate, petals free, orbicular. 



31. E. Thumra, Roxb. : Wight Ic. t. 617; Kurz F. Fl. i. 488. 



A middle-sized or large tree, branchlets light grey, 1. firmly coriaceous, 

 when dry dark above, copper coloured beneath, elliptic-oblong, blade 4-8, 

 petiole stout. \—\ in. long, sec. n. 15-20 pair. Pauicles many-fid., terminal 

 and from the uppermost axils, fl. sessile, small, white, in umbelliform heads of 

 3 or more fl. Calyx-tube }■■ in. long, funnel-shaped, free portion campanulate. 

 about as long as the lower solid portion, segments finally deciduous. Ovary 

 near the apex of the solid portion, petals small, free. Fr. nearly globose, £ in. 

 long, crowned by the calyx-rim. 



I'"gu and Tenasserim. Fl. H. S. Malay Peninsula. B. ferriiginea, Wight Ic. t..V,4. 

 M'-rgui, petals 8. is referred to this in Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 1^2. The figure shows the ovary- 

 cells not near the apex, hut in theniiddleof calyx-tube. 32. Erubens, Eoxb. Chittagong. 

 Tenasserini, is similar, bul tl. larger, greenish-white, calyx-tube J in., filaments A in. 

 long. Specimens of two different species with the ovary almost free in the calyx-tube, 

 one from Malacca, the other grown in the Bot. Garden Calcutta are preserved under 

 this name in Herb. Kew. 



(b.) Sec. n. very numerous, slender, closely parallel. 



33. E. cymosa, Lamk. : Wight Ic. t. 555 : Kurz F. Fl. i. 48G. 



A shrub or small tree, 1. thinly coriaceous, ovate- or elliptic - lanceolate, 

 caudate-acuminate, sec. n. numerous, close, very slender, blade 3-4, petiole 

 \ in. long. Fl. white, sessile, supported by small bracts, in 3-5-fld. heads, 

 these arranged in termiual and axillary trichotomous panicles with slender 

 rainiiirations. Calyx-tube funnel-shaped ,1 in. long, free portion campanulate, 

 as long as the inferior solid part. Petals free, stamens \ in. long. Fr. nearly 

 globose, | in. diam. crowned by the persistent calyx-rim. 



Ehasi hills, Cachar. Andamans and Nicobars. Tenasserim. Fl. Autumn. .Malay 

 Peninsula. Java. /•.'. rubncaulis, Dut hie. Tenasserim, I. broader, sec. n. very numerous, 

 closely parallel, is n doubtful species. 34. E. Gardneri, Thw. i /•-'. kanaremit, Talbot, 

 .Inn i ii. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soo. xi. 236. t. I.) 6a irsoppa ghat, Kanara. Anamalais. Ever- 

 green forests of Travancore, to I. I Ft. (Shen nyara, Mai.) A very large tree, 1. thinly 



coriaceous, elliptic-Ian ilate, blade 2 I. petiole \ in. long, ii. sessile, in terminal and 



axillary compound trichotomous cymes, Calyx-tube ', in. broadly funnel-shaped from 



a cylindrical base, petals orbicular, fr rslightlj cohering, stamens J— | in.long. Fr. 



purple, nearly globose J in. diam. without a trace of calyx-segments on I Be small calyx- 

 rim. 85. E. lineata, Duthie. Banks of Tenasserim river (Heifer). Similar. Fl. often 

 shortly pedicellate, larger, without bracts, calyx-tube ', 1. stamens \ in. long. 36. 

 E. toddaloides, Wighl [c. t. 542. Assam, Khasi hills. I. caudate acuminate, blade 3 5, 

 pet ii ils | in., sec. n. very close, slender, numerous. Fl. sessile in few-fid. axillary cora- 



i ad '■•. mes, i ahj i tube funnel-shaped ', in. long, \ in. wide at month, segments small, 



petals free, sti as \ in. 



37. E. Arnottiana, Wight [c. t. 999. Vern. Naval, Tam. 



A very large tree, usually with a short bole and widely spreading branches, 

 1. rigidly coriaceous, elliptic-lanceolate, blade '_' '■'<. petiole .'. -j in. long, sec. q, 

 very oumerous, closely parallel. PI. showy, cream-coloured, sessile, crowded 

 in druse (dusters, forming a compart terminal compound trirhofoinous cyme. 

 buds crimson. Calyx-tube broadly funnel-shaped, ,', in. long, \ in. wide at 

 mouth, free portion shallow enp-shaped. Petals free or calyptrate, stamens 

 I in. long. Berries oblong, dark purple, succulent, eaten, but astringent. 



\il-riris. 1 *. 1 1 1 1 i -, \namak i i re. Fl. .Ian. -April. Fr. Maj June. 



< '. PI, middle-sized and small, calyx-tube ,'. ; in. long, narrow, width at 

 mouth less than half its length. (Species 38 II. 



38. E. zeylanica. Wight ; lie Id. PI. Sylv. t. 202.— Syn. B. spicata, Lam.; 

 Trimen Handb. Ceyl, ii. 171. Syzygium zeylanicum, I"'.: Wight re. t. 73. 

 Vern. NyOra, Mai. 



